1970–71 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1970–71 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division 4th East
1970–71 record 37–33–8
Goals for 248
Goals against 211
Team information
General Manager Jim Gregory
Coach John McLellan
Captain Dave Keon
Alternate captains Ron Ellis
Norm Ullman
Mike Walton
Arena Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals Dave Keon (38)
Assists Norm Ullman (51)
Points Norm Ullman (85)
Penalties in minutes Jim Dorey (198)
Wins Jacques Plante (24)
Goals against average Jacques Plante (1.88)

The 1970–71 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 54th season of the franchise, 44th as the Maple Leafs. Norm Ullman ranked sixth in the league in the scoring with 85 points.[1] The Leafs placed fourth in the East to qualify for the playoffs. The Leafs lost to the New York Rangers in the first round of the playoffs.

Offseason

NHL Draft

= NHL All-Star = Hall of Famer
Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team
18Darryl Sittler CanadaLondon Knights (OHA)
222Errol Thompson CanadaCharlottetown Royals (NBSHL)
336Gerry O'Flaherty CanadaKitchener Rangers (OHA)
450Bob Gryp CanadaBoston University (ECAC)
564Luc Simard CanadaTrois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
678Cal Booth CanadaWeyburn Red Wings (SJHL)
791Paul Larose CanadaQuebec Remparts (QMJHL)
8103Ron Low CanadaDauphin Kings (MJHL)

Regular season

In February, the Maple Leafs and Philadelphia Flyers swung a large trade. Toronto picked up Bernie Parent and a second-round draft choice for Bruce Gamble, Mike Walton and a first-round draft choice.

Season standings

East Division[2]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Boston Bruins7857147399207+192121
2New York Rangers78491811259177+82109
3Montreal Canadiens78422313291216+7597
4Toronto Maple Leafs7837338248211+3782
5Buffalo Sabres78243915217291−7463
6Vancouver Canucks7824468229296−6756
7Detroit Red Wings78224511209308−9955

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 11, 19703–5@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)0–1–0
2WOctober 14, 19707–3St. Louis Blues (1970–71)1–1–0
3LOctober 17, 19702–6New York Rangers (1970–71)1–2–0
4LOctober 18, 19702–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)1–3–0
5LOctober 21, 19702–3@ New York Rangers (1970–71)1–4–0
6LOctober 24, 19700–1Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)1–5–0
7WOctober 28, 19706–2Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)2–5–0
8LOctober 31, 19701–3Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)2–6–0
9WNovember 1, 19705–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)3–6–0
10LNovember 4, 19702–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)3–7–0
11LNovember 6, 19704–8@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)3–8–0
12LNovember 7, 19702–3@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)3–9–0
13LNovember 11, 19702–4Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)3–10–0
14WNovember 14, 19703–2Boston Bruins (1970–71)4–10–0
15LNovember 15, 19702–4@ New York Rangers (1970–71)4–11–0
16LNovember 18, 19702–7Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)4–12–0
17LNovember 19, 19701–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)4–13–0
18WNovember 21, 19705–3California Golden Seals (1970–71)5–13–0
19TNovember 24, 19704–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)5–13–1
20LNovember 26, 19700–1@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)5–14–1
21WNovember 28, 19709–4Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)6–14–1
22LNovember 29, 19702–4@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)6–15–1
23WDecember 2, 19707–0Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)7–15–1
24LDecember 5, 19700–1New York Rangers (1970–71)7–16–1
25LDecember 6, 19702–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)7–17–1
26LDecember 8, 19700–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)7–18–1
27WDecember 9, 19704–0Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)8–18–1
28WDecember 12, 19702–1Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)9–18–1
29WDecember 13, 19704–0@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)10–18–1
30WDecember 16, 19704–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)11–18–1
31WDecember 19, 19702–0Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)12–18–1
32WDecember 20, 19704–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)13–18–1
33WDecember 23, 19707–2Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)14–18–1
34LDecember 25, 19703–6@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)14–19–1
35WDecember 26, 19709–1Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)15–19–1
36WDecember 30, 19703–1California Golden Seals (1970–71)16–19–1
37WJanuary 2, 197113–0Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)17–19–1
38WJanuary 5, 19712–0@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)18–19–1
39TJanuary 6, 19714–4Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)18–19–2
40WJanuary 9, 19715–2Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)19–19–2
41WJanuary 10, 19713–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)20–19–2
42TJanuary 13, 19711–1California Golden Seals (1970–71)20–19–3
43LJanuary 14, 19710–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)20–20–3
44WJanuary 16, 19718–1Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)21–20–3
45LJanuary 17, 19711–9@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)21–21–3
46WJanuary 20, 19715–1@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)22–21–3
47LJanuary 22, 19712–5@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)22–22–3
48LJanuary 23, 19712–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)22–23–3
49LJanuary 27, 19711–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)22–24–3
50WJanuary 30, 19715–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)23–24–3
51WFebruary 3, 19716–2St. Louis Blues (1970–71)24–24–3
52WFebruary 6, 19714–2Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)25–24–3
53WFebruary 7, 19714–3@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)26–24–3
54TFebruary 9, 19713–3@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)26–24–4
55WFebruary 10, 19713–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)27–24–4
56WFebruary 13, 19718–1Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)28–24–4
57LFebruary 14, 19711–5Boston Bruins (1970–71)28–25–4
58WFebruary 17, 19714–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)29–25–4
59WFebruary 20, 19713–1St. Louis Blues (1970–71)30–25–4
60WFebruary 21, 19714–1@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)31–25–4
61TFebruary 25, 19711–1Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)31–25–5
62WFebruary 27, 19712–0Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)32–25–5
63LFebruary 28, 19713–4@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)32–26–5
64WMarch 3, 19713–1Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)33–26–5
65LMarch 5, 19711–3@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)33–27–5
66TMarch 6, 19712–2Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)33–27–6
67WMarch 10, 19712–1Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)34–27–6
68LMarch 13, 19712–3Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)34–28–6
69LMarch 14, 19710–1@ New York Rangers (1970–71)34–29–6
70LMarch 18, 19711–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)34–30–6
71WMarch 20, 19713–1New York Rangers (1970–71)35–30–6
72TMarch 21, 19711–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)35–30–7
73WMarch 24, 19716–0@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)36–30–7
74LMarch 25, 19713–5@ Los Angeles Kings (1970–71)36–31–7
75LMarch 28, 19711–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)36–32–7
76TMarch 31, 19712–2Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)36–32–8
77LApril 3, 19713–8Boston Bruins (1970–71)36–33–8
78WApril 4, 19713–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)37–33–8

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Norm Ullman7334518524
Dave Keon763838764
Paul Henderson7230306034
Ron Ellis7824295310
Billy MacMillan7622194142
Garry Monahan7815223779
Jim Harrison78132033108
Jim McKenny684263042
Jim Dorey7472229198
Mike Pelyk735212654
George Armstrong59718256
Guy Trottier611952421
Brian Spencer5091524115
Rick Ley7641620151
Darryl Sittler491081837
Bob Baun5811718123
Mike Walton233101321
Brad Selwood282101213
Brian Glennie5408831
Denis Dupere201234
Bob Liddington110112
Brit Selby110116
Doug Brindley30000
Bruce Gamble230000
Brian Marchinko20000
Murray McLachlan20000
Ken Murray40000
Bernie Parent180000
Jacques Plante400002
Rene Robert50000
Johnny Bower10000
Errol Thompson10000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Jacques Plante23294024114731.884
Bernie Parent104018773462.650
Bruce Gamble1226236131833.872
Murray McLachlan25201049.600
Johnny Bower60101055.000
Team:468078373382062.646

Playoffs

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Paul Henderson65164
Dave Keon63250
Jim McKenny62132
Darryl Sittler621331
Billy MacMillan60332
Garry Monahan62022
Ron Ellis61122
George Armstrong60220
Rick Ley60224
Norm Ullman60222
Bob Baun601119
Jim Dorey601119
Jim Harrison601133
Brian Spencer601117
Denis Dupere60000
Brian Glennie30000
Bernie Parent40000
Mike Pelyk600010
Jacques Plante30000
Guy Trottier50000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Bernie Parent23542292.300
Jacques Plante13430273.130
Team:369624162.600

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Playoffs

  • The New York Rangers battled the Maple Leafs in the first round of the playoffs. The Rangers took the series 4 games to 2.

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1970–71 season.

Trades

August 1, 1970 To Vancouver Canucks
Andre Hinse		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Pat Hannigan
Ted McCaskill
August 31, 1970 To Buffalo Sabres
Brent Imlach		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash
September 1, 1970 To Vancouver Canucks
Cash		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Loan of Andre Hinse
September 2, 1970 To Buffalo Sabres
Floyd Smith		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash
September 3, 1970 To Los Angeles Kings
Bob Pulford		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Garry Monahan
Brian Murphy
November 13, 1970 To St. Louis Blues
Brit Selby		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Bob Baun
December 23, 1970 To Montreal Canadiens
Terry Clancy		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash
January 31, 1971 To Philadelphia Flyers
Mike Walton
Bruce Gamble
1st round pick in 1971 – Pierre Plante		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Bernie Parent
2nd round pick in 1971 – Rick Kehoe
February 1, 1971 To Los Angeles Kings
Norm Armstrong		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Don Westbrooke
June 10, 1971 To Boston Bruins
Cash		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
7th round pick in 1971 – Steve Johnson

Intra-League Draft

June 8, 1971 To Buffalo Sabres
Rene Robert
June 8, 1971 To California Golden Seals
Frank Hughes
June 8, 1971 To Buffalo Sabres
Ken Murray
June 8, 1971 From Buffalo Sabres
Don Marshall

Free agents

PlayerFormer Team
Murray McLachlanUndrafted Free Agent
PlayerNew Team
Brian MurphySpringfield Kings (AHL)

Awards and records

Roster

1970–71 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

References

  1. ↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.162, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
  2. ↑ "1970–1971 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  3. ↑ "1970-71 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  4. ↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
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